Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-07-14
FOR II0N0R'S SAKE.
rARr rrI.-CuAPrER III -Cnxrrx,rn
by II. L. TARJEoC,
Author cC ~Great Porter. Squnrs.9 "Ths
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PART IIf-CHAPTER Ill -CoSrrNrKp
Had he SC; n watch upon his son, h,
might have made discoveries which woul,
have been of service TO all. and which
might have avcrtcd terrible consequence.
But proud and self willcd ns he was II Il I'd
not occur TO him to do anything whic'. In
his view savorCd of mcanness. IIis son
Eustace went his way, therefore, t. sure
and certain ruin. When he was absent
from home he correspondent res,ula: ~ with
bis sister; and Mr.. Rutland S, mctimcs
demanded to see this correspond, ice.
You can make nothing of it. papa, -
said Mabel "Eustacc end l DO not cor.
respond like other people"
lie insisted, nevertheless, upon secin.;
these letters, and Mabel showed them Ia
him. AS he could not understand them.
nc demanded that she should read them
intelliSently To him; but il being a fact
that there was always sometime, i'm Eus-
tace's correspondence which would deepen
his fathers anger against him, the Young
fri refused TO read them This. rs may
e supposed, did not tend To pacify Mr..
Rutland. 1t intensified the bitterness OF
his heart toward those whom he believed
were conspiring against hiny lie applied
10 Edward Layton.
You are in my daughter confidence. 4"
he said to the young man, ''Gnd as you
4 pnvc wrtIng from me reluctant consent
20 an engagement with her, / must ask
you TO give me tho information which she
Githholds from me -
He met with another rebuff Edward
Layton declared that he would not violate
the confidence which Mabel had reposcd
IN him. AT ono time Mr.. Rutland said to
Edward Layton:
My son has been absent from home
for several days. Have you seen hilng"
YES, SIR replied Edward, ~ have
seen him.
But he would say nothing further.
lie was in n most painful position.
Mabel had extracted from him a solemn
promise that he would reveal nothing
without her consent, and he was stead
fastly loyal TO her. He had another rca.
son for his silence, and, in the light Of
that reason, and of the feelings which
Mr.. Rutland harborcd toward him, he
telt that the happiness he hoped would be
his was slipping from him.
The explanation of this other reason,
which unhappily was n personal one.
brings upon the scene n person who PLAYED
brief but pregnant part in this drama of
real life, and who is now in his grave.
This person was Edward Layton's IA
thcr.
What was the nature of the relations"
SAID Mrs. Rutland, between this gentle
man and my dear son Eustace | do not
know. All that / do know is that they
were In association with each other, and
am afraid not to q good end. 1t came
also, by some strange means. To the
knowledge Of my husband. and n frightful
scene occurred between him and Edward
Layton, in which AIabcl's lover was dis
missed from the house NV husband
withdrew the consent he had given To the
engagement, and used words which. often
since when have thought of them, have
made me shudder, they were so unncces-
sarily cruel and severe. If from this
day, my husband SAID 10 the Young gen
tleman, Won pursue my daughter with
your attentions, you will lie PLAYING base
anti dishOnOrahle part. If you wish me TO
turn lGy daughter from my house. Won
can by your actions bring about this re-
suit. But bear in mind, should il come
10 pass, that she VIII go from my presence
with my curse upon her-a beggarl am
not ignorant of my duties with respect to
my children / have not been sparing CT
love toward them. Hard / may be when
my feelings are strongly reused, but /
am ever just. In the secrets that are
being hidden from me there is, I
oA SOh'IhOSuj some degrading and
shameful clement; otherwise il is
not possible that You should conspire
10 keep them from me. If the mat
ter upon which you are engaged were
honorable, there would be no occasion TO
keep 1t from my knowledge Do not for
get that you have it in Your power to
wreck not only my daughters happiness.
but her mothers and mine, if that con-
sideration will have any weight with Won
There was much more than this to which
Mr.. Edward Layton listened with sad
patience, which deepened my pity for him.
nc bore, without rcmonstrancc, oil the
ooloquies that were hcaped upon him BIZ
my unhappy husband, who soon after
ward left the room with the Injunction
that Mr.. Layton was on no account to be
allowed an Interview with my daughter.
Then Mr.. Layton said TO me, j must bear
IT. II the happiness Of my life Is lost it
will be through the deep, the sacred love
bear for your child. / devote not ONLY
The dearest hopes OF my life, but my life
itself. TO her cause. Fate is against IA
n man can DO 40 moro than his duty"
From that day 10 this Mabcls mother
Inns never seen Edward LAYTON. When
she heard Of his marriage into q family
whose position in society was 10 say the
least equivocul, she was in great hi. ress.
AoNA4iAS titt thttl TIC News WOiiul have
upon her dear daughter Mabel j. ltland
suffered deeply, but during that time Of
anguish she appeared TO summon 10 her
hid n certain fortitude and resignation
which served her in good stead II as.
tonished her mother one day 10 hear her
soy:
do not blame Edward. mamma: lie
Is all that IS good and noble. Although
lie Is another lady's husband. and al.
enough our lives can never be united. ne
we had once hoped, ] shall ever love and
honor him"
Time viii bring comfort 10 You. INV
darling, said the mother. "and it may
DC that there is still q happy fate I'm store
tor You You may meet with another
man, around whom no mystery HANGS. Ia
whom your heart will be drawn"
Never, mamma, replied Mabel. IL
shall never marry now
What most gricvously disturbed N'rr
Rutland was the circumstance raf cycn
within few weeks 81 Edward Iayton'g
marriage be corresponds. with her daugh-
yer. Her flthrr was not aware ~ fbis
lie usunlly rose late i'm the morning
ana u dcyolved upon Mrs Rutland 10 re-
ceiVe the cOrresp onlcuce which came ly
The FIRST post The letters That Edyya4I
Layton wrote 10 Mabel were invariably
posted ~ night from which 30 would aD-
pear TINT the young man was aware fb9t
they would fan into the hands Of NabcIs
mother and that Mr. Rutland. urIo-. Lo
were made acquainted with tic fact was
not likely otherwise TO discover &C. lyror
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